MSNBC host Katy Tur told Sen. James Inhofe (R., Okla.) on Wednesday that she considers herself a journalist, not a critic of President Donald Trump.
Tur asked Inhofe why Trump had not mentioned Russia during his speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.
"Now if he'd mentioned Russia in any context at all, then you and several other people who might end up being his critics would find something about that to criticize him for," Inhofe said.
"Respectfully, senator, I don't count myself among Donald Trump's critics; I count myself as a journalist," Tur responded.
Tur's Twitter feed indicates that she has criticized Trump in the past, however.
Lower the bar for success. https://t.co/MH4h4NSrDI
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) February 16, 2017
Tur has a featured piece in Marie Clare about her covering Trump during the election as one of her pinned tweets. The title of the article is, "My Crazy Year With Trump."
All your questions answered: "My Crazy Year w Trump" Katy Tur Talks Covering Donald Trump's Candidacy @marieclaire https://t.co/CVvkxgixkW
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) August 10, 2016
She has also used the terms "anything but presidential" and "shameful" to describe the actions of Trump and his White House, respectively.
What the President did w Owen's widow was capital P Presidential. It was the single most extraordinary moment I've seen from Trump - by far.
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) March 1, 2017
*BUT* remember that moment came after Trump seemed to blame his generals/Obama for Owen's death this morning.
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) March 1, 2017
And NBC News exclusive reporting: senior intelligence sources dispute WH characterization of raid as success. No significant intel *yet.*
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) March 1, 2017
... Which would mean that Trump isn't being honest with a grieving wife. And that is anything BUT presidential.
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) March 1, 2017
Trump now rehashing Clinton "cheating" on the debates. Reminder: Trump is the President.
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) February 16, 2017
Spoiler alert: Trump WH is just high voltage version of Trump campaigning. https://t.co/6NWVvztsGk
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) February 24, 2017
Excluding news outlets is excluding the American public. What the WH did today was shameful.
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) February 24, 2017
"All of these things are meant to distract from concrete questions about fact." - @Glennthrush @meetthepress https://t.co/HBtyt6BtvR
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) February 8, 2017
(1) Every time we ding Trump's demonstrably false claim press doesn't cover terror, we talk about terror, which is exactly what the WH wants
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) February 7, 2017